Re: @float

[Christopher Dimech]

The problem is that with the current version of @float, a lot of vertical 
whitespace
is introduced in the pdf document.  Fixing that vertical space is a difficult 
task.

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Christopher Dimech
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> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 at 6:02 PM
> From: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> To: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Texinfo" <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: @float
>
> I started using Plain Tex as they seemed to be limited support for
> LaTex constructs.  What is the current points of view about Plain-Tex
> and LaTex capability?
>
> Regards
> Christopher
>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2020 at 5:53 PM
> > From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> > Cc: "Texinfo" <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: @float
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 08:11:17AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > > What do you think about having floating material?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Christopher
> >
> > I'm not opposed to the idea.  It's unlikely that it would be implemented
> > for TeX output, though, but it could be implemented for LaTeX output if
> > that ever happens.
> >
>
>